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now to a special meeting at the white house hosted by president obama. remember this from university of nebraska spring football game. 7-year-old jack hoffman, running in a touchdown. i remember that. he was celebrated in the end zone by the huskers. he is battling brain cancer. yesterday he met the president in the oval office where he received an autographed football and spoke with one of abc's own huskers correspondent jeff cellini. what was it like being in the white house? it was almost like beak the president. >> almost like being the president. >> barely. >> how funny. mr. obama spent 15 minutes meeting with jack, parents and sisters. jack's dad simply called it a great visit. a great kid. >> what a cutie pie. all right. here is a look at your tuesday forecast now. rain, mountain snow in the north west. another warm day in the southwest. stormy with hail and dangerous winds around green bay. des moines, kansas city, omaha. sprinkle in the northeast. scattered showers and thunderstorms from d.c. into the gulf coast. >> 80s from dallas to miami. >>
now to a special meeting at the white house hosted by president obama. remember this from university of nebraska spring football game. 7-year-old jack hoffman, running in a touchdown. i remember that. he was celebrated in the end zone by the huskers. he is battling brain cancer. yesterday he met the president in the oval office where he received an autographed football and spoke with one of abc's own huskers correspondent jeff cellini. what was it like being in the white house? it was almost...
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a white house aide said he was impressed by his courage. first lady michelle obama tweeted "we've got your back." john and diana? >> devin, what's next for collins? does he intend to keep playing? >> reporter: he plays for the washington wizards, now a free agent. it's still unclear whether a team will pick him up for next season but collins says he's ready to play and all this attention will motivate him to work harder. >> devin dwyer, thank you. >>> there is, of course, much more to the story. that exclusive interview with jason collins coming up on "good morning america." >>> all right, now to the latest in the boston bombing. investigators have discovered female dna on one of the bombs used in the attack. >> sources say it's unclear whether it is from a victim of the attack, someone who handled components of the bomb before it was put together or someone who helped build that bomb. the fbi wants to take evidence from the widow of tamerlan tsarnaev. >> as for his brother, dzhokhar, judy clarke has joined the defense team and kept a numbe
a white house aide said he was impressed by his courage. first lady michelle obama tweeted "we've got your back." john and diana? >> devin, what's next for collins? does he intend to keep playing? >> reporter: he plays for the washington wizards, now a free agent. it's still unclear whether a team will pick him up for next season but collins says he's ready to play and all this attention will motivate him to work harder. >> devin dwyer, thank you. >>> there...
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. >> to the white house where president obama is set to provide more military aid to the rebels fighting president assad in syria. one of many issues at the press conference, abc's jon karl was there with tough questions of his own. good morning, jon. the president stepping up the pressure on syria but also making clear that we're not talking about troops here. >> reporter: that's right, george. no desire in this white house to send u.s. troops to syria or get them involved in that conflict really in any way but what they are preparing to do is significantly ramp up aid to the rebels that are fighting president assad. in the short term this will mean more nonlethal aid like night vision goggles, body armor, communications equipment, but i am told that the administration is preparing plans that would send weapons, lethal aid to those rebels. this issing the president has long resisted because of the chance that those weapons could end up in the wrong hands. >> jon, you also asked the president a question about his languishing legislative agenda. it seemed to get under his skin a little bi
. >> to the white house where president obama is set to provide more military aid to the rebels fighting president assad in syria. one of many issues at the press conference, abc's jon karl was there with tough questions of his own. good morning, jon. the president stepping up the pressure on syria but also making clear that we're not talking about troops here. >> reporter: that's right, george. no desire in this white house to send u.s. troops to syria or get them involved in that...
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senior white house officials say the u.s. is considering sending weapons to rebel fighters. a move seen as a serious escalation and one that president obama rejected last year. >> all right, now to the legal battle over the morning after pill. the justice department says a new york judge overstepped his bounds when he ordered all age restrictions on the pill lifted. now the government is a peeling the judge's order arguing his decision should be suspended for now. >> many of us are finally enjoying some ideal springtime weather. others are dig out their cars from deep snow. take a look at fort collins, colorado. the snow is so heavy and wet, it is snapping tree branches. as much as 20 inches fell in some spots. from the rockies well into the midwest. meanwhilen southern california, strong winds are pushing a wildfire that forced some people from their homes. it has burned some 3,000 acres already along with one home and several vehicles. one fire fighter has been injured, battling this blaze. it is unclear how it starteded and officials are not saying whether they expect to
senior white house officials say the u.s. is considering sending weapons to rebel fighters. a move seen as a serious escalation and one that president obama rejected last year. >> all right, now to the legal battle over the morning after pill. the justice department says a new york judge overstepped his bounds when he ordered all age restrictions on the pill lifted. now the government is a peeling the judge's order arguing his decision should be suspended for now. >> many of us are...
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president obama met with reporters to discuss serious questions. he tackled domestic and foreigner use beginning with sear yeah. here is abc's jonathan carl. >> reporter: president obama had a clear message for the american people there will be no rush to american action in syria. for one thing the evidence is incomplete. >> what we now have is evidence that chemical weapons have been used inside of syria. but we don't know how they were used, when they were used, who used them on. >> reporter: the president is 100 days into his second term and faced a string of defeats in congress. >> do you still have the juice to get the rest of your jenn throu -- agenda through the congress. >> put it that way. maybe i should pack up and go home. mark twain said rumors of my demise may bea little exaggerated. >> the problem he said is congress. >> john thnathan, you seem to st that somehow these folks over there have no responsibilities and my job is to somehow get them to behave. that's their job. >> reporter: after the press conference a senior white house of
president obama met with reporters to discuss serious questions. he tackled domestic and foreigner use beginning with sear yeah. here is abc's jonathan carl. >> reporter: president obama had a clear message for the american people there will be no rush to american action in syria. for one thing the evidence is incomplete. >> what we now have is evidence that chemical weapons have been used inside of syria. but we don't know how they were used, when they were used, who used them on....
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president barack obama broke the news to the nation, that was a moment many of us do remember and of course one other memories you might have would be the celebration that took place outside the white house immediately after it. >> it was unterritoriable. >>> all right time now for a check of the weather. yesterday was gorgeous. we deserve et because earlier in the week it was pretty nasty. lynette. what can they expect? >> they can expect lots of sunshine megan. that's for sure. you see that big h. in the middle of the screen? this is going to provide us with lots of sunshine through the rest of today. we do have a cold front back off towards the west the north and west of us. that's the one that's providing snow across many parts of the nation now. we're not going to be seeing that. it's may 2nd and this is really unheard of for this time of the year. but throughout the day, as we go through tomorrow, this sunshine will continue so get out there and enjoy that because we can see the temperatures right now coming in at 41 degrees in parkton. 49 in annapolis and the in cambridge at 4
president barack obama broke the news to the nation, that was a moment many of us do remember and of course one other memories you might have would be the celebration that took place outside the white house immediately after it. >> it was unterritoriable. >>> all right time now for a check of the weather. yesterday was gorgeous. we deserve et because earlier in the week it was pretty nasty. lynette. what can they expect? >> they can expect lots of sunshine megan. that's for...
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this person, why was it that one of the first things the obama white house did that caused a lot of upset in britain, this, was get the best of winston churchill that was in the bush oval office, and chuck it out, get rid of it? why did he do that, your bestest ally in the whole world, and the guy looked at me, and said, oh, people are mad? we thought it was eisenhower. he said, what other guy looks like -- i thought, you know, he was only half joking, actually, because that is modern america. it is people who have a view of the world that is not the kind of mayflower view of the world, it's not the view of the world you get in kansas city, missouri. it's not the view of the world among the kind of older generation of white americans who regard, you know, britain as being something special, and i spent a lot of my time, particularly in the flyover states based in the united states, you know, pretending to be hugh grant, basically, that english thing, and people loved that, but i'm very, very aware that future america is not that america. future america comes from china, has ties wit
this person, why was it that one of the first things the obama white house did that caused a lot of upset in britain, this, was get the best of winston churchill that was in the bush oval office, and chuck it out, get rid of it? why did he do that, your bestest ally in the whole world, and the guy looked at me, and said, oh, people are mad? we thought it was eisenhower. he said, what other guy looks like -- i thought, you know, he was only half joking, actually, because that is modern america....
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consider this, president obama won last year with historically low percentage of white voters. he achieved only 39%. the president, however, had a little extra support in other places. 71% of the happy vote. and 73% of asians voted for president obama. but the black vote was spectacular. he got 93% of the black vote. talk about a consensus, that is a consensus. according to fray the key to victory was in that black voter turnout. even though they make up 12% of the eligible voters in the country, they turned out 13% of the total votes. black voters turned out at a higher rate than white voters last year. if white and black voters turned out the same rate as they did back in 2004, there was a difference of 4% in the overall turnout, governor romney would have actually won the election. not clear that the democratic party can repeat last year's performance when the nation's first black president isn't on the ballot. one thing is clear. everything the republican party did last year was inadequate. it wasn't enough. a lot of it was just dead wrong. some of those fancy super pacs an
consider this, president obama won last year with historically low percentage of white voters. he achieved only 39%. the president, however, had a little extra support in other places. 71% of the happy vote. and 73% of asians voted for president obama. but the black vote was spectacular. he got 93% of the black vote. talk about a consensus, that is a consensus. according to fray the key to victory was in that black voter turnout. even though they make up 12% of the eligible voters in the...
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of course, the obama white house and democrats broadly, have almost always supported the pro choice side of women's reproductive health argument. almost always. since 2010, republicans, particularly in the states but also in congress have made anti-abortion legislating made it one of their top priorities in governing. democrats have a decision to make. democrats the last couple of years had to decide what they would do. would they say with the kind of silent partner they had been for a long time or step up and let their position be known more loudly? they have stepped up more loudly. more publicly, in a way they haven't been comfortable doing in a long time. and today the president putting a cap stone on that when he became the first ever sitting president to address planned parenthood. joining us is president of planet parenthood of america and action fund. thank you for being here. how important is it to have the sitting president address planned parenthood and why has it not happened before? >> i don't know why it hasn't happened before but yes today was history for this organization.
of course, the obama white house and democrats broadly, have almost always supported the pro choice side of women's reproductive health argument. almost always. since 2010, republicans, particularly in the states but also in congress have made anti-abortion legislating made it one of their top priorities in governing. democrats have a decision to make. democrats the last couple of years had to decide what they would do. would they say with the kind of silent partner they had been for a long...
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our msnbc analyst and former obama white house top adviser. we'll be right back. he's not gou some labradoodle, he's gonna sell you tropical fish! he's got salt water tanks, fresh water tanks, brackish tanks, tanks you can't even fathom. that fish?! no you're not ready for that fish. precision aquatic manipulation. he boils his water perfectly for his velveeta shells & cheese. advantage. this guy. liquid gold. eat like that guy you know. you know who you are. you can part a crowd, without saying a word... if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts... well muddlers, muddle no more. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour one on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour three. zyrtec®. love the air. i'm here in your home, having a pretty spectacular tuesday. ♪ but i don't notice the loose rug at the top of your stairs. and that's about to become an issue for me. ♪ and if you got the wrong ho
our msnbc analyst and former obama white house top adviser. we'll be right back. he's not gou some labradoodle, he's gonna sell you tropical fish! he's got salt water tanks, fresh water tanks, brackish tanks, tanks you can't even fathom. that fish?! no you're not ready for that fish. precision aquatic manipulation. he boils his water perfectly for his velveeta shells & cheese. advantage. this guy. liquid gold. eat like that guy you know. you know who you are. you can part a crowd, without...
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. ,, president obama walked into white house press room toda 100 days into his second te told reporters he >>> no topics were off limits when president obama walked into the white house press room. 100 days into his second term he told reporters he still has a political clout to get things done in washington. he seemed cautiously hopeful about a potentially fiscal plan. but he emphasized it's the lawmakers to make one. >> that's their job, their elected, members of congress are elected in order to do what's right for their constituents. >>> you have heard it before when you buy a gift card make sure it hasn't been tampered with and keep that activation receipt. on the consumer watch, julie watts tells us that is no longer enough. crooks have figured out a new scam that can leave you with a worthless gift card. >> there's a big deck of cards there and we just pulled one off the shelf and went to the cashier and paid for. >> reporter: martin did exactly what he is supposed to do when buying a gift card. make sure the silver box on the back has not been tampered with. >> that's when i real
. ,, president obama walked into white house press room toda 100 days into his second te told reporters he >>> no topics were off limits when president obama walked into the white house press room. 100 days into his second term he told reporters he still has a political clout to get things done in washington. he seemed cautiously hopeful about a potentially fiscal plan. but he emphasized it's the lawmakers to make one. >> that's their job, their elected, members of congress are...
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we begin with the accusations that someone inside the obama white house is threatening employees of the state department and cia who want to gives -- a share critical information about the benghazi terrorist attacks with congress. fox news chief osman correspondent james rose and has our report. >> the state department pushed back against charges monday alleging that whistle-blower suit were preparing to cooperate with congressional investigators have faced threats and intimidation from their superiors. >> we have to follow this issue and the politicize it. the american people deserve answers. i am determined that this will be in accountable. >> the state department would never tolerate or sanction retaliation against civilians on any issue, including this one. that is an obligation we take very seriously. >> reporter: president obama profess to be unaware by longstanding efforts to question survivors from the benghazi attacks of september 11th in which terrorists killed a u.s. ambassador to libya and three other americans. >> and not familiar with this notion that anybody has been bloc
we begin with the accusations that someone inside the obama white house is threatening employees of the state department and cia who want to gives -- a share critical information about the benghazi terrorist attacks with congress. fox news chief osman correspondent james rose and has our report. >> the state department pushed back against charges monday alleging that whistle-blower suit were preparing to cooperate with congressional investigators have faced threats and intimidation from...
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remember that pesky reagan-appointed judge who gave the obama white house the what for? this week, the justice department announced an appeal of his ruling, claiming that the judge did not have the judicial authority to order the fda to take a specific action. even though the obama administration itself overruled the fda just last year. for their part, justice department officials maintain the white house was not involved in this decision. joining us now is nancy northrop, president of the center for reproductive rights. we had to rewrite that script several times because it was so confusing about what was happening. in the end it seals like the white house is playing politics on this. >> well that's right. for eight years the senate for reproductive rights has been suing the fda to have emergency contraception over the counter for all women. we won a tremendous decision less than a month ago and in that decision, judge kormen said, the obama administration and the bush administration had played politics with this issue and here we are, less than a month later, we've got
remember that pesky reagan-appointed judge who gave the obama white house the what for? this week, the justice department announced an appeal of his ruling, claiming that the judge did not have the judicial authority to order the fda to take a specific action. even though the obama administration itself overruled the fda just last year. for their part, justice department officials maintain the white house was not involved in this decision. joining us now is nancy northrop, president of the...
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the obama white house, is going to say the market settled under a stewardship, must be all our stimulus and spending. you say what? >> the disparity between the rich and poor is going to keep growing. that's the underlie political story. i'm going to a lot of money and you are but the factory worker is not. >> neil: people he calls, if they don't return the call, there's hell to pay. mike wallace, he is italian. >> anybody remember this? >> these cuts are not smart, they're not fair, they will hurt our economy. >> the sequester is harmful. >> they'll add hundreds of thousands of americans to he up employment role. >> workers up employment benefits are reduced and cut back. >> the unemployment rate might tick up again. >> i love it. i'm the only one who gets it. we're still waiting because by the government's numbers, that sequestration, i'm still waiting. the latest employment data, put ting putting putting the kabash on the sequestration, and little more than to rounding errors. now, it took -- in march when we didn't see the impact, democrats say, you just wait until april. well, we j
the obama white house, is going to say the market settled under a stewardship, must be all our stimulus and spending. you say what? >> the disparity between the rich and poor is going to keep growing. that's the underlie political story. i'm going to a lot of money and you are but the factory worker is not. >> neil: people he calls, if they don't return the call, there's hell to pay. mike wallace, he is italian. >> anybody remember this? >> these cuts are not smart,...
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house, president obama's white house tommy vetor and former adviser to mitt romney's presidential campaign kevin madden. kevin, not surprising, i'm going to start with you. >> really? >> even though 80%, 90% of the country supports this legislation and it was up for a vote, toomey is suggesting although i understand he has back tracked a little since that statement, suggesting it really just came down to republicans didn't want to give obama a victory. >> look. the kind of politics you see in washington, d.c. is absurd. as sure as dogs will bark in a tunnel politicians in washington, d.c. are going to play politics. this did come down to policy in the minds of many opposed to the bill. some folks said that we're proponents, believed it was good policy and those opposed believed it was bad policy. at the heart of a lot of opposition on an issue that is so important like the second amendment to many people is the belief we don't need another set, another level of federal gun laws. that was the opposition, at the heart of the opposition and those folks have voted against it. they are going ou
house, president obama's white house tommy vetor and former adviser to mitt romney's presidential campaign kevin madden. kevin, not surprising, i'm going to start with you. >> really? >> even though 80%, 90% of the country supports this legislation and it was up for a vote, toomey is suggesting although i understand he has back tracked a little since that statement, suggesting it really just came down to republicans didn't want to give obama a victory. >> look. the kind of...
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white house is in. >> the other big story that's been certainly talked about from the huffington post is the bangladesh tragedy. the garment facility that crumbled because of the way that it was made and the poor care going into it and then this makes us all think and take a double look at what we're wearing, where we're getting things and how it's coming in to the u.s. explain to all of us the bigger -- the connective tissue, that is, that we should be concerned about as americans when we look at that tragedy and realize that 500 people perished just going to work. >> right. you know, every time something like this happens, this is the worst one that's happened in a very, very long time, but every time there's a fire or a building collapse, the western world and the western brands kind of unite around the idea that okay, we're going to start inspecting these factories in bangladesh better. we're going to make sure that they have better standards. and they put all of the blame on bangladesh, as if they kind of had no idea that this was happening. huffington post spoke to bangladeshi b
white house is in. >> the other big story that's been certainly talked about from the huffington post is the bangladesh tragedy. the garment facility that crumbled because of the way that it was made and the poor care going into it and then this makes us all think and take a double look at what we're wearing, where we're getting things and how it's coming in to the u.s. explain to all of us the bigger -- the connective tissue, that is, that we should be concerned about as americans when...
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what that is in some ways is that the reaffirmation, of what in the obama white house was called the light footprint strategy, a strategy moving i way from a focus on these big attritional wars where we send a hundred thousand troops to a country, rewire the nation and after six or seven years discover we haven't done very little other than build recentments there. and more towards the use of america's technological advantage or physical advantage against a smaller group. so there are drone strikes in afghanistan, and in the long run, harmful or helpful. there are cyber strikes of the kind that the book revealed that the united states conducted against iran. and then there's the use of special forces. ultimate light footprint. remember they were in and out of pakistan before the pakistani military even had a chance to respond. >> david in the book you have the chapter, the dark side of the light footprint. you talk about standard that this administration struggled to fashion or new operations including targeted killing. they settled on the notion that a country would have to expressl
what that is in some ways is that the reaffirmation, of what in the obama white house was called the light footprint strategy, a strategy moving i way from a focus on these big attritional wars where we send a hundred thousand troops to a country, rewire the nation and after six or seven years discover we haven't done very little other than build recentments there. and more towards the use of america's technological advantage or physical advantage against a smaller group. so there are drone...
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pause for laughter. >> that was president obama at his very first white house correspondents' dinner as commander in chief. tonight will be his fifth time doing this. while he has gotten high marks, he's not the only president that can bring the fun in. to talk about this, joined by our panel. dean wearing the coolest bow tie in the big apple tonight. dean, let me start with you. >> sure. >> one of the greatest moments came courtesy of president george w. bush, not exactly known for his comedic stylings. take a look. >> okay. here it comes. nuclear proliferation. nuclear proliferation. nuclear proliferation. >> nuclear proliferation. >> he really brought down the house with that routine there. how much of it is about self dep ri indication, is that the key? >> people like you, make jokes about themselves, it is a great thing to do. you're not offending, you're smoking about yourself. bush i watched most of the correspondents' dinners, he made fun of himself, made fun of his greatest weakness, speaking english, had no problem doing it. shows americans you can laugh at yourself. even i
pause for laughter. >> that was president obama at his very first white house correspondents' dinner as commander in chief. tonight will be his fifth time doing this. while he has gotten high marks, he's not the only president that can bring the fun in. to talk about this, joined by our panel. dean wearing the coolest bow tie in the big apple tonight. dean, let me start with you. >> sure. >> one of the greatest moments came courtesy of president george w. bush, not exactly...
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lou: good evening confusing messages from the white house, president obama walks back from his red line decree on syrian use of chemical weapons. this aftee u.s. intelligence sources yesterday reported that on at least two occasions, assad regime had used seron gas on its population, the president instead laying out another red line for the assad regime, that is already slaughtered tens of thousands of its civilians. >> horrific as it is, when mortars are fired on civilians to use potential once one crosses another line. with respect to international norms and law. and that is going to be a game changer. lou: president obama has been repeating since as far back of august o last year, that assad's use of chemical weapons on his own people would cross a so-called red line, that would result in u.s. involvement in now 2 year long syrian civil iar. president today however called for more investigation into the intelligence communities assessment of the use of chemical weapons, and president incredibly said that syria had crossed a different red line, with their constant murderous assault on
lou: good evening confusing messages from the white house, president obama walks back from his red line decree on syrian use of chemical weapons. this aftee u.s. intelligence sources yesterday reported that on at least two occasions, assad regime had used seron gas on its population, the president instead laying out another red line for the assad regime, that is already slaughtered tens of thousands of its civilians. >> horrific as it is, when mortars are fired on civilians to use...
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president obama phoned vladimir putin on monday. and secretary of state john kerry will travel there in the coming days. >>> syria's ambassador has called the allegation of chemical weapons trumped up. and hezbollah in lebanon indicated it could step up its role in assisting assad's government, to prevent the country from falling in, quote, american or israeli hands. hezbollah has long been suspected of supporting rebels across the border in syria. nearly 500,000 refugees have come to lebanon. and some 8,000 refugees a day are streaming into jordan. and that number is expected to approach a total of 1.2 million by year's end. to give that number perspective, jordan's total population is only 6.5 million. >>> president obama faced questions about the state of revolt at the prison at guantanamo bay. where 100 of 166 inmates are on a hunger strike. president obama says the prison is less important than ever, with the fwhars afghanistan coming to a close. >> guantanamo is not necessary to keep america safe. it is expensive. it is ineffi
president obama phoned vladimir putin on monday. and secretary of state john kerry will travel there in the coming days. >>> syria's ambassador has called the allegation of chemical weapons trumped up. and hezbollah in lebanon indicated it could step up its role in assisting assad's government, to prevent the country from falling in, quote, american or israeli hands. hezbollah has long been suspected of supporting rebels across the border in syria. nearly 500,000 refugees have come to...
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. >> president obama faced the white house press corps tuesday and a deluge of questions on national security. with the tax on the boston marathon still so raw, he addressed criticism that the u.s. did not do enough to prevent the bombings. >> it's not as if the fbi did nothing. they not only investigated the older brother, they interviewed the older brother. they concluded that there were no signs that he was engaging in extremist activity. >> questions touched on security threats overseas and evidence the chemical weapons may have been used. president obama says he needs information before he can make a decision on military action. >> the use of chemical weapons would be a game changer. not only for the united states, but for the international community. >> the president maintains guantanamo bay is not necessary and should be closed. >> it is expensive. it is inefficient. it hurts us in terms of our international standing. >> the president seemed cautiously hopeful about a potential compromise on fiscal legislation. >> things that compromise me is somehow a betrayal. they are worri
. >> president obama faced the white house press corps tuesday and a deluge of questions on national security. with the tax on the boston marathon still so raw, he addressed criticism that the u.s. did not do enough to prevent the bombings. >> it's not as if the fbi did nothing. they not only investigated the older brother, they interviewed the older brother. they concluded that there were no signs that he was engaging in extremist activity. >> questions touched on security...
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the dithering of the obama regime with the white house -- the lighthouse of consistency in its dealings and action against syria. there is no doubt people on the ground have been comforting by remarks from president obama saying there are justifiably concerned but the transport of from syria and lebanon under hezbollah control. now, thether news armed group of shebat says they have detonated a bomb in the somali capital of mogadishu -- al shabaab. in the commercial landed administrative districts in the city and we have the latest from mogadishu. themspokesperson from have been with us saying that they confirmed they were responsible for the attack here and now another just north of the city. the attack at the roundabout was done using a car packed by the roadside packed with explosion and promote the detonated as the interior minister's vehicle drove past but he was not in the vehicle but it was carrying a group of individuals from a catarrh. qatar. the blast comes at a very debacle time for the government. they had locked down most of the city including civilian vehicles over the last
the dithering of the obama regime with the white house -- the lighthouse of consistency in its dealings and action against syria. there is no doubt people on the ground have been comforting by remarks from president obama saying there are justifiably concerned but the transport of from syria and lebanon under hezbollah control. now, thether news armed group of shebat says they have detonated a bomb in the somali capital of mogadishu -- al shabaab. in the commercial landed administrative...
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known as the white house correspondents' dinner. obama and d.c. heavyweights rubbing elbows were reporters. the president took the mike and made a series of jokes. how did he do. reena ninan is in washington. >> reporter: a series of jokes that poked fun at him, republicans and even conan o'brien. overnight, stars came together for the yearly bash, a star-studded bashing of politics and the media. all in good fun. >> democrats, republicans, the white house, congress. you all came together to make this spoof. that's what real bipartisan ship is about. >> kevin spacey's house of cards was on hand. >> mr. president, welcome to nerd prom. >> reporter: for many, the roast of the president. conducted this year by conan o'brien. >> your hair is so white, it could be a member of your cabinet. >> but president obama knew exactly how to roll with it. >> when they considered conan for this gig, offer to it to him now or wait five years and give it to jimmy fallon. call me self-centered. i think of one minority they can start with. making light of stereotypes
known as the white house correspondents' dinner. obama and d.c. heavyweights rubbing elbows were reporters. the president took the mike and made a series of jokes. how did he do. reena ninan is in washington. >> reporter: a series of jokes that poked fun at him, republicans and even conan o'brien. overnight, stars came together for the yearly bash, a star-studded bashing of politics and the media. all in good fun. >> democrats, republicans, the white house, congress. you all came...
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house, president, obama. they read those words in that fake a.p. tweet and immediately triggered massive selling of stock. no human beings involved whatsoever. >> stephen: nation, this is a major breakthrough in computing. we now have machines that can receive bad news and flip their [bleep] millions of times faster than any human being. ( cheers and applause ). of course, i'm not surprised by the power of twitter. i mean, i have been tweeting for years at stephen at home. and being a master, i recently found a young padawan to twain in the ways of the twitter. jim? >> i took the liberty of opening you a twitter account. president clinton was taken. william jefferson clinton was taken. but prezbilly jeff was available. >> just spent amazing time with colbert. is he sane? he is cool. >> stephen: folks, this is one of those moments we will look back on and say, "that altered the course of human history." like man discovering fire, the voyage of columbus or the unknown genius who saw a taco and thought, "what if
house, president, obama. they read those words in that fake a.p. tweet and immediately triggered massive selling of stock. no human beings involved whatsoever. >> stephen: nation, this is a major breakthrough in computing. we now have machines that can receive bad news and flip their [bleep] millions of times faster than any human being. ( cheers and applause ). of course, i'm not surprised by the power of twitter. i mean, i have been tweeting for years at stephen at home. and being a...
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a trial run.s >> president obama at the white house correspondents' dinner. sarah palin said it was pathetic. too much hollywood glitz, not enough exciting political figures like max baucus or chuck grassley. [laughter] think, to a certain extent, the criticism of the dinner has become as annoying as the dinner itself. it is one night a year. this is not a town that is saturated in glamour, shall we say. i can live with it. >> sarah palin call did a nerd prom. >> i guess maybe it is, but there sure are a lot of people at it. i decided to go because i had not been there for years. it was a mob scene. if he did not station yourself at the entrance to see the glamorous people, you did not see the glamorous people. >> how about the president's performance? >> i thought the president did well. >> he did better than well. >> i'm sorry, i guess he did better than well. i will return to my own observations now. i did that realized. i thought he did well. i will leave the opinion to the other experts. ownou are entitled to your opinion. >> what should i say, nina? >>
a trial run.s >> president obama at the white house correspondents' dinner. sarah palin said it was pathetic. too much hollywood glitz, not enough exciting political figures like max baucus or chuck grassley. [laughter] think, to a certain extent, the criticism of the dinner has become as annoying as the dinner itself. it is one night a year. this is not a town that is saturated in glamour, shall we say. i can live with it. >> sarah palin call did a nerd prom. >> i guess maybe...
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the spotlight was on president obama as he took the mic at the white house correspondent association dinner. he cracked a few jokes himself. the press and the gop, take a look. >> as i look in the mirror and i have to admit that i am not the strapping young muslim socialist i used to be. i know republicans are still sorting out what happened in 2012, but one thing they all agree on is they need to do a better job reaching out to minorities. and look, call me self-centered, but i can think of one minority they can start with. hello? >> well, there you go. two of the people at this table went to the correspondent dinner. what did you think? >> had a blast. it is interesting being with fox and then being there. president obama has amazing comedic timing. the guy can deliver a speech. he was better than conan o'brian. >> it is a case that the presidents are funnier. >> what was the high point of the night? >> there are a lot. the president was funny and had great writers this year and appreciated it. we had a lot of back and forthwith the cnn table. and by the way they called fox -- cona
the spotlight was on president obama as he took the mic at the white house correspondent association dinner. he cracked a few jokes himself. the press and the gop, take a look. >> as i look in the mirror and i have to admit that i am not the strapping young muslim socialist i used to be. i know republicans are still sorting out what happened in 2012, but one thing they all agree on is they need to do a better job reaching out to minorities. and look, call me self-centered, but i can think...
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president obama casts a vote for comedy at this weekend's white house correspondents' dinner. >> take the sequester. republicans fell in love with this thing, and now they can't stop talking about how much they hate it. it's like we're trapped in a taylor swift album. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, april 29th, 2013. >>> good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm vinita nair. we begin this morning into the investigation of the boston marathon bombings. investigators are still trying to determine if the suspects acted alone. the chairman of the house intelligence committee, chairman mike rogers, says persons of interest are being sought, meanwhile the mother is coming under close scrutiny. during a wiretapped phone conversation with her older son, she's heard discussing jihad. ines ferre reports. >> reporter: lawmakers are questioning whether the boston bombing suspects may have had training from terrorists. the chairman of the homeland security system says the tsarnaev brothers used weapons similar to pakistan, afghanistan, and india. >> the ex
president obama casts a vote for comedy at this weekend's white house correspondents' dinner. >> take the sequester. republicans fell in love with this thing, and now they can't stop talking about how much they hate it. it's like we're trapped in a taylor swift album. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, april 29th, 2013. >>> good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm vinita nair. we begin this morning into the investigation...
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. >>> speaking of senator mcconnell, he was the butt of a joet by president obama at this weekend's white house correspondents' dinner >>> some folks still don't think i spend enough time with congress. why don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell, they ask. really? why don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell. >>> the kentucky republican's campaign tweeted this picture of a senator at a bar with a beer sitting next to an empty stool with with a glass of red wine. no word if the president plans to take him up on that drink. that's your morning's dish of scrambled politics >>> parts of eastern iowa are dealing with severe weather, hail ranging from pea size to two inches fell in waterloo causing millions of dollars of damage to cars. that hail left covering that in some places looked more like snow. speaking of snow, this is bill karins with the weather. >>> you know what's coming. >> it is almost may. give me a break. >> it was so nice in some areas of the country. it wasn't very nice from d.c. to southern new england. we are looking at a warm end of april in the middle of the country
. >>> speaking of senator mcconnell, he was the butt of a joet by president obama at this weekend's white house correspondents' dinner >>> some folks still don't think i spend enough time with congress. why don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell, they ask. really? why don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell. >>> the kentucky republican's campaign tweeted this picture of a senator at a bar with a beer sitting next to an empty stool with with a glass of red wine....
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he also worked in the obama white house and now he is hosting "the big brain theory" on the discovery channel. back in the '80s the best minds in this country were called upon to create a missile defense system. untold millions were spent on a system nicknamed star wars. but it never quite worked. at the time scientists compared to shooting a bullet with a bullet, an insanely difficult task. and that insanely difficult task is your next challenge. >> no way. >> your challenge is to build a device that can be remotely controlled from inside your bufrpger to hit that missile in the air. >> feeling like she did, no way! good morning. >> good morning. >> thanks for having me. >> it s it's exciting. it is dorky tv. >> so what exactly is the premise? >> the premise is basically top chef for engineers. and so we have ten young american engineers and a set of cooking they have to come up with solutions to crazy engineering challenge that's have real world applications. >> and the contestants are from all walks of life serious engineers and scientists? >> exactly. half of them are socially awk
he also worked in the obama white house and now he is hosting "the big brain theory" on the discovery channel. back in the '80s the best minds in this country were called upon to create a missile defense system. untold millions were spent on a system nicknamed star wars. but it never quite worked. at the time scientists compared to shooting a bullet with a bullet, an insanely difficult task. and that insanely difficult task is your next challenge. >> no way. >> your...
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that's president obama has line.in the past would the white house says right now there is not enough evidence. >> there is much more to be done to verify conclusively that the red line that the president has talked about has been crossed. >> shepard: still, the pentagon does have options in case the president decides it's time to take action. jennifer griffin with the news live at the pentagon tonight. explain the possible plans for using force, jen. >> well, both the white house and the pentagon, shep, appear to be buying time. >> we are continuing to assess what happened. i think we should wait to get the facts. before we make any judgments on what action, if any, should be taken and what kind of action. >> a no-fly zone would encounter highly sophisticated russian built aircraft system manned by russian troops and bombing chemical weapon sites might create a cloud that could my grate over jordan, israel and lebanon there are approximately 13 chemical weapons facilities with 40 additional mobile chemical weapon sites scattered across syria. even if invited into syria, as the u.s. w
that's president obama has line.in the past would the white house says right now there is not enough evidence. >> there is much more to be done to verify conclusively that the red line that the president has talked about has been crossed. >> shepard: still, the pentagon does have options in case the president decides it's time to take action. jennifer griffin with the news live at the pentagon tonight. explain the possible plans for using force, jen. >> well, both the white...
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welcome to the white house correspondents dinner. the president promises obama. we thank her for being here. after last year's dinner, tom brokaw had some blunt words about this dinner. he said some but will he -- he said symbolically that this is a those from separates the people they are supposed to serve. thefocus should be on what hilton is serving tonight, but who we are serving tomorrow. we should be serving the public and the next generation of journalists. and that is something i have thought a lot about since becoming president. few people know what it's like to have this much power for just about a year. other than conan. [laughter] but we didn't just talk about change. came inking our name handy. our dinner has to be about scholarships, not swag. next year, it will be the hundredth year of the correspondence association. there is a lot of history. if you have any mementos out there, some photos of previous dinners, i want you to contact steve coleman, our wonderful vice president. [applause] you can go to our website. there is a place to submit some of
welcome to the white house correspondents dinner. the president promises obama. we thank her for being here. after last year's dinner, tom brokaw had some blunt words about this dinner. he said some but will he -- he said symbolically that this is a those from separates the people they are supposed to serve. thefocus should be on what hilton is serving tonight, but who we are serving tomorrow. we should be serving the public and the next generation of journalists. and that is something i have...
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a white house official says president obama has reached out to express his support. joining us on the phone, the founder of edge of sports, dave zion. founder of "game over." before we get your general input, i want to read this tweet from you. a lot of people are calling this a jackie robinson moment for gay athletes. you had a little bit of a different take tweeting, huge difference between jackie robinson and jason collins robinson comes in advance of civil rights. collins, more of a reflection of struggle. i guess, my point is, are we as a collective making too big of a deal of him as a symbol? >> let me be very clear. absolutely not. i was just responding to a question like compare and contrast. jackie robinson appearing in 1947 in major league baseball eight years before the montgomery busboy cotts and the start of the civil rights movement. this is different. jason collins appearing in 2014, appearing loud and proud as an active gay athlete. 2013. sorry. it is a little early. coming out in 2013 really on a wave of what's been some mammouth changes over the las
a white house official says president obama has reached out to express his support. joining us on the phone, the founder of edge of sports, dave zion. founder of "game over." before we get your general input, i want to read this tweet from you. a lot of people are calling this a jackie robinson moment for gay athletes. you had a little bit of a different take tweeting, huge difference between jackie robinson and jason collins robinson comes in advance of civil rights. collins, more of...
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. >> reporter: president obama joked and jabbed in the white house briefing room as he pressed the point that he's no lame duck and that he'll keep pushing his priority. >> we understand that we're in a divided government right now. republicans control the house of representatives. in the senate this habit of requiring 60 votes for even the most modest piece of legislation has gummed up the works there. despite that, i'm actually confident that there are a range of things we'll be able to get done. >> reporter: for instance he said he believes congress will approve sweeping immigration reform. and he insisted he hasn't given up on closing the prison at guantanamo, cuba, as he vowed to do in his first presidential campaign. >> i think it is critical for us to understand that guantanamo is not necessary to keep america safe. it is expensive. it is inefficient. it hurts us in terms of our international standings. it lessens cooperation with our allies on counterterrorism efforts. it is a recruitment tool for extremists. it needs to be closed. >> reporter: congress has balancinged at transfe
. >> reporter: president obama joked and jabbed in the white house briefing room as he pressed the point that he's no lame duck and that he'll keep pushing his priority. >> we understand that we're in a divided government right now. republicans control the house of representatives. in the senate this habit of requiring 60 votes for even the most modest piece of legislation has gummed up the works there. despite that, i'm actually confident that there are a range of things we'll be...
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spoke with white house reporters and he said that the crisis in syria is growing hig knowledge the fact that chemical weapons might be being used in syria but he doesn't know by whom so let's listen to what president obama said and then we'll talk about it. well we now have evidence that chemical weapons have been used inside of syria but we don't know. how they were used when they were used who used them we don't have a chain of custody but establishes what exactly happened and when i am making decisions about america's national security and attentional for taking additional action. in response to chemical weapon use i've got to make sure i've got the facts he wants to make sure he has the facts now this is something that a lot of people who are there president bush didn't do before entering iraq with the weapons of mass destruction is it fair to compare syria with iraq the weapons of mass destruction with the alleged chemical use i think i think it is it's get all the information and after we've gotten all the information let's look at our military interventions in the past i suggest
spoke with white house reporters and he said that the crisis in syria is growing hig knowledge the fact that chemical weapons might be being used in syria but he doesn't know by whom so let's listen to what president obama said and then we'll talk about it. well we now have evidence that chemical weapons have been used inside of syria but we don't know. how they were used when they were used who used them we don't have a chain of custody but establishes what exactly happened and when i am...
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. >>> and president obama's speech at the white house correspondent dinner was a big hit at home. but a bigger hit in china. the president's speech has amassed some 25 million views where it's complete with chinese subtitles. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> the calendar says it's may. but parts of the midwest are dealing with winter-like weather. bill karins is here with more. what gives? >> i have to think what is below pond scum. the goldfish, where you had to clean the glass in the fish tank. >> i'm going to get myself in trouble. >> this snow, that's a bad word in its own right. 28 degrees right now in cheyenne, wyoming, and snowing. denver was 39 last hour. and now, down to 36. and you're heading in the wrong direction. and the snow will break out in denver, as we go throughout the morning hours. again, we're only expecting somewhere -- only. only about three to six inches in denver. that's going to be enough to cause some headaches. any higher elevations or the elevated surfaces like bridges and overpasses. where is this all heading? it's going to snow in
. >>> and president obama's speech at the white house correspondent dinner was a big hit at home. but a bigger hit in china. the president's speech has amassed some 25 million views where it's complete with chinese subtitles. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> the calendar says it's may. but parts of the midwest are dealing with winter-like weather. bill karins is here with more. what gives? >> i have to think what is below pond scum. the goldfish, where...
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the white house concerned about where chem weapons could end up. president obama has not committed to military intervention. now back to up close with george w. bush. >> welcome back to fox news. we have a very tragic alert for you right now. an incredible plane crash into the world prayed center at the lower tip of manhattan. >> the most notable event was the terror attacks of 9-11. from the attacks themselves to the criticism that followed afterwards. tonight president bush brings us back to the events of that horrific day through his own eyes. >> today we have had a national crisis. two airplanes have crashed into the world trade center. in an apair trerpt rist attack in our country. >> we are hearing right now of another explosion that has taken place at the bent upon. >> united 93 do you still hear cleveland. >> he wfreedom was attacked by faceless coward. ♪ god bless america >> terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings but they cannot touch the foundation of america. these acts shattered steel, but they cannot den
the white house concerned about where chem weapons could end up. president obama has not committed to military intervention. now back to up close with george w. bush. >> welcome back to fox news. we have a very tragic alert for you right now. an incredible plane crash into the world prayed center at the lower tip of manhattan. >> the most notable event was the terror attacks of 9-11. from the attacks themselves to the criticism that followed afterwards. tonight president bush brings...